United News of Bangladesh: Ziaur Rahman Foundation provides free eye care to almost 1000 slum-dwellers in Dhaka
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Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi military leader and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, Zia broadcast the Bangladeshi declaration of independence in March 1971 from Chittagong. In the aftermath of the Sipahi-Janata revolution in 1975, he consolidated power to lead Banglade…
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politics · President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981 · politician · military personnel · researcher · also Ziaur Rahman, Shahid Ziaur Rahman, President Zia, Major Zia, General Zia, Rahman
Born 19 January 1936 · Died 30 May 1981 · Q198313
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2026· 15 entries
dailyasianage.com: President-elect Mirza Fakhrul pays homage to Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda
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Dhaka Tribune: President-elect Fakhrul pays homage to Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS): Mirza Fakhrul pays homage to Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia
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daily-sun.com: Mirza Fakhrul pays homage to graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia - daily-sun.com
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Views Bangladesh: President-elect Mirza Fakhrul pays tribute at Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia's graves
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en.bd-pratidin.com: President-elect Mirza Fakhrul pays tribute at graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia - en.bd-pratidin.com
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daily-sun.com: President-elect Mirza Fakhrul pays tribute to Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia - daily-sun.com
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Bd24live: New President Pays Tribute at Mausoleums of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia
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daily-sun.com: PM offers prayers at graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia - daily-sun.com
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS): PM offers ziarat at graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia
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The Daily Tribunal: BNP Volunteers to pay tribute to Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS): New four BNP standing committee members pay tribute at graves of Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia
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The Daily Star: Govt reinstates Ziaur Rahman’s Swadhinata Padak
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS): Arafat Rahman Koko was a sports organizer, not a politician: Rizvi
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2025· 3 entries
Mint: Bangladesh: Zia dynasty rises again? From Ziaur Rahman’s assassination to Khaleda Zia's death, son's return from exile
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The Daily Star: Ziaur Rahman’s 44th death anniv today
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India TV: Bangladesh rewrites history: New textbooks claim Ziaur Rahman, not Mujibur Rahman, declared independence
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2024· 1 entry
The Daily Star: High Court: Lawyers hurl eggs at judge for remark on Ziaur Rahman
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet Neurology — cited 6,949 times.
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2020· 4 entries
Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,099 times.
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Published “Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 10,362 times.
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Published “The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans” in Nature — cited 9,237 times.
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Published “Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 8,089 times.
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2018· 2 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,208 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,032 times.
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2007· 1 entry
Published “Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls” in Nature — cited 7,940 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Ziaur Rahman was ranked number 19 in the BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of All Time
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1991· 1 entry
Led the BNP to victory and became the first female prime minister of Bangladesh
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1985· 1 entry
Under the presidency of Hussain Muhammad Ershad with the first meeting of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation in Dhaka
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1981· 2 entries
Died 1981-05-30.
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Published “Polymorphic transitions in single crystals: A new molecular dynamics method” in Journal of Applied Physics — cited 19,342 times.
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1978· 4 entries
Ziaur Rahman took the initiative for the formation of political institutes and sponsored workshops for the youth to get active political lessons on Bangladeshi nationalism
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General Ziaur Rahman ran for and overwhelmingly won a five-year term as president
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Appointed Hussain Muhammad Ershad as the new Chief of Army Staff, promoting him to the rank of lieutenant general
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Ziaur Rahman founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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1977· 6 entries
And the election held in 1978 were declared "unknown to the constitution"
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Career landmark: President of Bangladesh (1977–1981).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1977–1981).
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And retired from the army in 1978 with the rank of Lt
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Ziaur Rahman lifted martial law and introduced massive reforms for the development of the country
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Which included a highly visible and popular food-for-work programme
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1975· 5 entries
Career landmark: Chief of Army Staff (1975–1978).
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Pardoning the subsequently convicted killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was not abolished by Rahman during his tenure as president
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Ratified in the Parliament as the Indemnity Act, and incorporated as the 5th amendment to the constitution during the tenure of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad
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Consolidated power to lead Bangladesh with pragmatic policies through economic liberalization and civic nationalism that significantly contributed to the economic recovery of the country
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Career landmark: Chief of Army Staff (1975–1975).
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1971· 2 entries
Ziaur was a Bangladesh Forces Commander of BDF Sector 1 initially and BDF Commander of BDF Sector 11 of the Bangladesh Forces from June and the Brigade Commander of Z Force from mid-July
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Ziaur Rahman sent discontented officers on diplomatic missions abroad to defuse unrest
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1966· 1 entry
Ziaur Rahman was appointed military instructor at the Pakistan Military Academy, later going on to attend the Command and Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan; he completed a course in command and tactical warfare
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1953· 1 entry
Ziaur Rahman was admitted into the D
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1946· 1 entry
Mansur Rahman enrolled Ziaur Rahman for a short stint in a boys school of Calcutta, Hare School, where he studied until the dissolution of the British Empire in India and the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-01-19.
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